Frog for bayonet-scabbards



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HOFFMAN, OF SOLANO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

FROG FOR BAYONET-S CABBARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 28,175, dated May 8, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HOFFMAN, of the county of Solano and State of California,'have invented a new and Improved Joint-Frog for I'hiyonet-Scabbards; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact deecription of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this speciiication.

The nature of my invention consists in making the frog otl two parts which are united by a bolt or other equivalent device; the one receives the bayonet scabbard, and is made up of the shank and ear; and the other is the loop through which the waist: belt passes; the whole being' made of leather or like material.

The drawings, herewith, show the parts of the frog; No. l, being a perspective view, and No. 2 a shaded projection.

A, B, C, D is the shank; B, D, E, the ear, and F, G, H, I, the loop.

The two parts are connected together by a bolt or key, M, passing through the ear, and through the front side of the loop, to which the bolt is secured by being riveted to a metal plate attached to the inside of the loop by rivets or stitches. The ear turns freely on the bolt, and it may have, on its outside, a metallic plate, K, L, for the bolt to pass through, for ornament, and to give greater durability. By this arrangement, the mouth of t-he scabbard is brought nearly on a level with the top of the waist belt.

The advantages of this invention, are: the swinging of the bayonet and scabbard, in rapid n'ioveinents, is prevented; and much consequent wear and tear is avoided; the bayonet is held close to the person, and is notI so liable to fall from the scabbard; and when the wearer sits down, the scabbard is readily turned out of the way and is not liable to be broken.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Making the frog of the bayonet sca-bbard in two parts as described, when the said parts are united together by a boltor other equivalent. device substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

W. HOFFMAN.

Vitnesses RASEY BIVEN,

C. Gr. SAw'rELLE. 

